Eduardo may not be quite as you remember him…
1 comment February 13th, 2009
Some of you may have been wondering what happened to yesterday’s blog. Apologies: I was on International duty.
Returning striker Eduardo has warned expectant fans that he’s not quite “The Old Eduardo”.
He’s not kidding:
Funky new look aside, Eduardo’s twenty minutes against Romania was certainly the highlight of a decidedly (and as far as injuries go, pleasingly) uneventful International break – Arsenal.com has all the details.
Although Arsene sounds cautious, I still expect Eduardo to make his long-anticipated return to the first-team at some point in the game against Cardiff on Monday. Early team news suggests that Abou Diaby will miss out, but Gael Clichy should have recovered from the cut he picked up against Tottenham.
Amaury Bischoff, who scored for Portugal U21s this week, has spoken of how Arsene Wenger saved his career. The next few months are crucial to Bischoff: he only signed a one-year deal, and having finally reached something approaching full fitness, he now has to prove he’s worth a contract extension.
Andrey Arshavin, meanwhile, has expressed his desire for new Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink to remain at the helm of the Russian International side. I can’t say I agree: one can hardly imagine Hiddink being particularly helpful when it comes to not over-using one of his rivals’ star players. That said, I do think the Dutchman is a good appointment for Chelsea, and he’ll certainly make the fight for a Champions League place a very tough one.
That’s it for today. More tomorrow after Arsene’s press conference. Doubtless he’ll have plenty to say about the sacking of his pals, Adams and Scolari.
